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Future & Innovation

How AI Ranks Among Humanity's Deadliest Threats

From asteroids to engineered pandemics, history has handed us many threats—but none rival the looming force of artificial intelligence. In this sweeping comparison, we explore how AI outpaces every other risk in speed, scale, and unpredictability.

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People & Discoveries

The LSD Discovery That Sparked a Counterculture

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Ethics & Society

Social Media Manipulation

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Future & Innovation

Existential Risk from Superintelligent AI

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The Future of Computing Might Be… Mini Human Brains?

Scientists are growing mini human brains in labs — and teaching them to compute. From playing video games to modeling disease, organoid intelligence may change medicine, AI, and how we think about what a computer really is.

Mar 19, 2025
Science & Technology
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The Moral Cost of AI Companions: Are We Outsourcing Empathy?

AI companions offer constant support, but at what cost? As machines replace real relationships, we risk losing our ability to empathize, connect, and feel. This article explores the emotional, social, and ethical consequences of outsourcing intimacy to algorithms.

Apr 10, 2025
Ethics & Society
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The Biotech Hacker: Meet the DIY Scientists Redesigning Human Biology

From magnetic implants to DIY CRISPR kits, rogue scientists and grinders are transforming basements into biotech labs. Welcome to the biohacking revolution—where biology meets rebellion, and the future of human enhancement is being rewritten.

Mar 31, 2025
Future & Innovation

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People & Discoveries

The Accidental Inventors: How Mistakes Created the Modern World

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Psychology and Human Behavior

The Allure of Hidden Truths: Why Human Minds Crave Conspiracy Theories

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Future & Innovation

From Doorbell to Downtown: How IoT Networks Are Re-Wiring Homes—and Entire Cities—for Smarter Living

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Psychology and Human Behavior

The Digital Heart: How Virtual Intimacy Is Rewiring Our Attachment to Love

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People & Discoveries

The Citizen Scientist Who Found a New Galaxy

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Future & Innovation

Living Factories: The Revolutionary Rise of Biomimetic Materials

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Science & Technology

The Swarm Revolution: Nature-Inspired Robotics for a Connected World

Engineers are translating termite mounds, bee dances, and fish schooling into robot swarms that excel at search-and-rescue, precision agriculture, and autonomous construction. Discover how simple natural rules unlock powerful, scalable, and resilient collective robotics.

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Science & Technology

The Quantum Codex: When Ancient Secrets Finally Spoke

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Future & Innovation

Hyperloop: The Race to Build Tomorrow’s City-to-City Superhighways

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Future & Innovation

Neural Dust: The Future of Invisible Brain-Computer Interfaces

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Science & Technology

The Invisible Revolution: How Metamaterials Are Engineering Reality Beyond Nature's Limits

Metamaterials—man-made structures smaller than the wavelengths they control—are rewriting the laws of physics. From invisibility cloaks that guide waves around objects to superlenses that peer beyond light’s diffraction limit.

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Ethics & Society

Universal Basic Income: Redefining Work and Human Dignity

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Psychology and Human Behavior

Breaking Free: Reclaiming Your Attention in a 24/7 World

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People & Discoveries

The Vision That Sparked a Revolution: How Fei-Fei Li's ImageNet Changed Everything

In 2006, Fei-Fei Li had a radical idea: machines don't need smarter algorithms—they need better data. Her creation, ImageNet, became the launchpad for the deep learning revolution, powering everything from self-driving cars to cancer detection.

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Psychology and Human Behavior

The Twin Experiment That Went Too Far

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Science & Technology

The Ghost in the Machine: Is Digital Immortality the Death of the Soul?

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People & Discoveries

The Baby Born With 8% Synthetic DNA